10 Most Active Angel Investors in India

Active Angel Investors list (List is not in any specific order)

Sanjay Mehta

Founder and Partner at an early stage venture fund 100X.VC, Sanjay Mehta is an entrepreneur and angel investor, who has angel invested in 103 startup companies spread across sectors. He has also been a part of Mehta Ventures Family office and a director at CORE (Centre of Recognition and Excellence).

Mehta was an active member of Indian Angel Network, Mumbai Angels, B2B 1K Ventures & CIO Angel Network, Venture Nursery. Now, Mehta invests exclusively through the iSAFE note (India Simple Agreement for Future Equity). Mehta recently funded 20 startups through 100X.VC using iSAFE notes. Mehta’s portfolio also includes OYO, where he got 280 times the returns while exiting.

Domain that Interests him – Clean technology, Enterprise Software, Consumer internet and Healthcare

Past Investments – LogiNext, Wow! Momos, FabAlley (exited), Box8, OYO (Exited), PrettySecrets, FabAlley

Rajan Anandan

Managing Director of Google India and an MIT graduate, Rajan Anandan has been one of the most active angel investors in 2017 with almost 11 investments in his basket. Currently investing in startups spread across India and Sri Lanka, Rajan is also the co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures, the first seed fund in Sri Lanka. By his own admission, Rajan prefers to invest in B2B startups owned in partnership. However, he doesn’t rule out serendipity at play either! So try your luck pitching to one of the most promising investors (and an active angel investor at that!) in the country. 

Major Domains he invests in: Big data, Analytics, Online health care, Mobile commerce, Consumer internet, Digital media

Past Investments: Instamojo, Travelkhana, Explara, Social Cops, Letsventure, LBB, PopXo

Girish Mathrubootham

Girish Mathrubootham founded SaaS unicorn Freshworks in 2010. Previously, he has worked as the Vice President of Product Management at ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corp. There, he used to oversee product marketing, product management and customer support. As an investor, Mathrubootham has had 6 exits from companies like coworking and shared space provider Innov8 Coworking, cybersecurity platform Shield Square and marketing software startup Zarget.

 Key Sectors: Ecommerce, Enterprise Application, Fintech, Enterprise Services, Edtech, Entertainment Tech, Consumer Services, Transport, Real Estate, Logistics, Online Travel

 Key Investments: LetsVenture, MadRat Games, CrownIt, Innov8, The Ken, Whatfix, Josh talks, FactorDaily

Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Founder and CEO of Paytm. He holds a degree in Electronics & Communications from Delhi College of Engineering.

Fintech, Consumer Services, Media & Entertainment

Key Investments: Flintobox, GOQii, BetaOut, InnerChef, Intelligent Interfaces, Tapchief, FactorDaily, Remitware Payments, Unacademy, Innov8, The Ken, Nurturing Green

Anupam Mittal

The name behind the Founder People Group and the one to bring revolution in the Indian arranged marriage market with his very successful venture Shaadi.com, Anupam Mittal has become a big name in the angel investor network. Backing up almost 50 startups now including the very lucrative Ola Cabs, Anupam Mittal’s portfolio has jumped 10-fold in the last couple of years. What works for one of the most active angel investor here? A big market potential, sustainability, and scalability. 

Major Domains he invests in: Technology, Consumer Internet, Mobile, Healthcare and SaaS

Past Investments: HackerEarth, Drivezy, Kae Capital, Letsventure, Ola Cabs, Truebil, myHQ 

Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata is the former Chairman of Tata Sons. He is also Chairman of two of the largest private sector promoted philanthropic trusts in India.

These are his portfolio companies:

Xiaomi, Urban Ladderm NestAway, One97 Communication, Snapdeal, UrbanClap, YourStory, Tracxn, Abra, niki.ai, Moglix, Teabox, ClimaCell Inc., GOQii, Lybrate, Crayon Data, MadRat Games, Cashkaro, Qikpod, Bombay Hemp Company, DogSpot, Invictus Oncology, Bollant, MUrgency, Idea Chakki, Printline Media(ThePrint). 

Anand Govindaluri

Dr Anand Govindaluri is the founder and CEO of Govin Capital, a Singapore-based early-stage investment company. He has also founded Govin Capital, a technology accelerator focused on digital health and technology. He has had over 22 years experience in healthcare and over 19 years of experience in investment management in the healthcare and technology sectors. Govindaluri has had 17 exits till now, and 2 unicorn exits.

Key Sectors: Enterprise Services, Online Travel, Enterprise Application, Entertainment Tech, AI and Big Data

Key Investment: LegitDoc, TravelShelf, Giscle Systems, rePurpose, Minocular

Anand Chandrasekaran

He is the former Product head of Snapdeal and currently the Director at Facebook. Yahoo!, Bharti Airtel and Wynk are few of the big names he has worked with. A Stanford graduate, he made six investments in 2017 and twenty in 2016. As of now, he has made a total of 30 investments in the marketplace.

Major Domains he invests in: Consumer internet, B2c and p2p Marketplaces, Fintech and SaaS

Past Investments: LetsVenture, Fynd, InnerChef, Instalively, NoBroker, Wooplr

Anand Ladsariya

Founder of chemicals maker, Everest Flavours, Anand Ladsariya is as an ex-Chairman of CHEMEXCIL.  He holds a reputation in the Indian chemical market and holds dominance to tap Mumbai Angels and Indian Angel Network in search of a disruptive idea. While making decisions and investments, he mostly looks for a strong team while making any additions to his portfolio of more than 90 startups.

Major Domains he invests in: location-based services, customer support tools, content discovery, social media, games, web design sectors

Past Investments: Asiatic, Oyo Rooms, Myntra, Appsdaily, Tonbo Imaging, Uniphore, and Assured Risk, Mobiquest

 T.V. Mohandas Pai

A former chief financial officer of Infosys, Mohandas Pai is a prolific angel investor. His focus has mostly been on early-stage investments in technology startups. With a conscious choice to make relatively small investments, his strategy has been that of an opportunistic investor. He is also one of the biggest supporters of women entrepreneurs. No wonder, Shraddha Sharma’s Yourstory got in the right way! Currently, Pai has direct and indirect investments in more than a dozen companies.

Major Domains he invests in: Technology startups, Consumer internet, Media

Past Investments:  Zoomcar, Zimmber, YourStory, FairCent, Kaaryah

These are the 10 most active angel investors in India. Good Luck